Example sentences of "[art] [noun] with a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Robin Hood is to the English and John Henry to the American Negroes , Elil-Hrair-Rah , or El-ahrairah — The Prince with a Thousand Enemies — is to rabbits . |
| 2 | I found myself living on the base with a dozen nationalities thrown together to know our God more . |
| 3 | If you have dry skin , you may wish to mix the essences with a few teaspoonfuls of vegetable oil ; that is , if you do not mind cleaning a greasy bath afterwards ! |
| 4 | You 're waiting and you 're thinking Er and this is particularly the case with a large goods vehicle , you 'll be sitting waiting to go and there 's a lovely gap and you think Can I ? |
| 5 | That 's why I 'm trying to fill up the gap with a few concerts , but of course I 'm not good enough for the big dates , it will be mostly provincial engagements . |
| 6 | This replaced the jacket with a windcheater and the kepi with a Chicago-style police cap . |
| 7 | Hopley burst on to the scene with a dazzling Wasps debut against England captain Will Carling at Harlequins two seasons ago . |
| 8 | Rather than copy this ‘ accidental ’ compound radius , Fender have chosen to equip the reissue with a simple 12″ radius board and .098″ wide medium jumbo frets — big , but not as big as the .110″ wide ‘ jumbo bass frets ’ referred to by the man himself . |
| 9 | As soon as the removal van is spotted by a neighbourhood group member , the new family is welcomed into the area with a few pastries and an offer of practical help . |
| 10 | Inland , you can get close to the countryside with a few days on a farm or perhaps pamper yourself with a luxury hotel . |
| 11 | The past year has been a rollercoaster one for the royals with a few highs followed by lots of depressing lows . |
| 12 | President Bush proposed a near-doubling of federal spending on airport expansion over the next five years — but would pay the bill with a controversial departures tax . |
| 13 | Bernice dumped the remaining food on the floor with a few sweeps of her hand and kicked it under the rubber skirts of the machine . |
| 14 | Some nights , me and Sarah went down to the ocean with a few flasks |
| 15 | fix it firmly at the vase with a few stitches or a spot of glue and pull it round the ‘ neck ’ by winding a thread round it ( you 'll have a few small folds here ) . |
| 16 | Ron Wood invited Buddy to stay on stage for his own short set and then Gary Moore strode on once again , his keyboard player teasing the audience with a few notes from the Stone 's classic Satisfaction , hinting at what was to come . |
| 17 | World champion Werner Guenthoer of Switzerland achieved the best men 's shot putt of the year with a 21.63 metres effort during the European Cup B finals in Brussels . |
| 18 | After the season the show would tour the country with a few troupes from the original cast and local children appearing in the large scenes . |
| 19 | At internal angles between riser and tread , it wo n't be possible to prise them apart , so fill any slight gaps with a little wood adhesive and secure through the joint with a few nails . |
| 20 | The agent usually starts off the party with a few games , to help people get to know each other . |
| 21 | New Marske 's Helen Humphrey , who started the final race of the series with a six points lead , finished fourth , two places ahead of her nearest rival , Ripon 's Karen Leeming , to retain the senior women 's title . |
| 22 | Pass the time with a little watersports , lie back and enjoy the peace , or wander ashore to explore some off beat village . |
| 23 | The children are left out on the plains with a few goats from a very young age . |
| 24 | I would get a stocking with a few bits of things in when I was young and Grandma used to make a big cake with white icing , but that would be when Daddy was alive . |
| 25 | In which there 'd be a picture and a description with a few words . |
| 26 | Not just the clink of milk bottles , but more strangely , the sounds of a group with a few pintas of potential . |
| 27 | The result is an approximate history of the site : for example , the site may begin with the construction of a farmhouse with a few outbuildings , then a large barn was built , alterations were made to the farmhouse , two of the outbuildings were demolished , and so on . |
| 28 | Just inside the hallway , behind the speaker grille and the numbered bell-pushes , there was a shelf with a few pieces of mail ; a couple of them were for Carson but they were junk mail , expensive waste paper from a motoring organisation . |
| 29 | If you can afford the licence fee and a VCR , cable subscription and satellite dish , then you have a room with a million views . |
| 30 | ‘ The peculiar thing is that Blackbeard seemed ready to murder us for a wallet with a few fivers in it , all of which he was going to give to his bruiser , anyway . |